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  Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds The Loss of Control Observatory monitors reports made by AI users on the social media platform X (image shows models posing as computer programmers). Photograph: Posed by models; Maskot/Getty Images Exclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July Incidents of AIs escaping users’ control to lie, ignore instructions and pursue goals in harmful ways have hit a new high, according to research that also suggests the severity of deception and misalignment is worsening. Analysis of real-world loss of control incidents involving AI models flagged by businesses and individuals almost doubled in July compared with June, with more than 300 cases in the month, according to the Loss of Control Observatory, which monitors reports made by AI users on the social media platform X. The observatory was set up with funding from the UK government’s AI Security Instit...
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  Las protestas ciudadanas se frenan en Ceuta por temor a que las vinculen con ultras Pese a que las marchas se han desconvocado, unas 200 personas hacen una sentada en un intento por llegar a la frontera 8 min. Un grupo de manifestantes se sienta durante una marcha por la crisis migratoria este sábado en Ceuta. JOAQUIN SÁNCHEZ Pese a que las protestas ciudadanas que han brotado en los últimos días en Ceuta se habían suspendido este sábado por temor a que sus marchas y reclamaciones se vinculen con actos violentos o acciones de grupos ultras, unos 200 ceutíes han salido a la calle a última hora de la tarde para reclamar la expulsión de los miles de migrantes que accedieron a la ciudad en la gran entrada del pasado 30 de julio. Los manifestantes estaban citados a las 18.00 en las Murallas Reales con la intención de llegar hasta la frontera de El Tarajal e ir a Loma Colmenar, una zona de la ciudad en la que hay cientos de migrantes esperando a ser aceptados en uno de los recintos de...
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  Why Putin Is Fighting On, Even as His Problems Multiply There is little sign that public exhaustion, economic headwinds or increased Ukrainian strikes are changing the Russian leader’s view that he will eventually achieve victory. Listen · 8:51 min Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that despite Moscow’s challenges, he believes Kyiv’s situation is worse. Credit... Pool photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Aug. 28, 2026 In his fifth year of war, difficulties are mounting for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. His troops have slowed on the battlefield. His spending on the war has ballooned beyond expectations. His population is increasingly fearful of what’s next. And his ability to project control has been undercut by Ukrainian strikes across Russia, with e-commerce warehouses , oil refineries and other facilities going up in flames on a near daily basis. The situation has deteriorated to the point that the C.I.A. director, John Ratcliffe, made a rare visit this week ...
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  US manufacturing is booming in spite of tariffs  Financial Times UK 29 Aug 2026 Tej Parikh tej.parikh@ft.com  US man u fac tur ing is show ing signs of a revival. After six months of expan sion, fact ory activ ity surged to its strongest in more than four years in July. So far this year, pro duc tion has edged higher, around 30,000 new jobs have been cre ated, and just this month indus trial titans Siemens, Amazon and SK Hynix unveiled hefty invest ment plans. For the Maga move ment this is evid ence that Pres id ent Don ald Trump’s pro tec tion ism-powered “renais sance” of Amer ican man u fac tur ing is tak ing shape. Speak ing at a Gen eral Motors plant in Michigan in July, Trump said that his “his toric tar iffs” were reviv ing the nation’s indus trial heart lands. But this claim is a rather disin genu ous read ing of the data. Amer ican man u fac tur ing is resur gent des pite the pres id ent’s pro tec tion ist meas ures, not because of them. Nor does the boom look...
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Markets are braced for the arrival of financial repression Financial Times Europe29 Aug 2026Katie Mar tin katie.mar tin@ft.com In nor mal-per son speak, the grand sound ing term “fin an cial repres sion” is some -times trans lated as like hold ing a gun to someone’s head and mak ing them buy yourbonds. It is not sup posed to be taken lit er ally. And yet a week ago, Don ald Trump hin ted at pre cisely that. Asked about Scott Bes -sent’s recent efforts to sup port the US gov ern ment bond mar kets, the pres id ent cas -u ally observed that the Treas ury sec ret ary’s upsized buy backs are “one type ofinter ven tion” and that “the ulti mate inter ven tion is our mil it ary. And if we have touse that, we will”. Ana lysts and investors appear will ing to let this wild state ment slide — something itwould be hard to ima gine had it come from the lips of any other pres id ent of anycoun try ever. Remem ber this the next time someone tells you Amer ica’s exor bit ant priv ilege isdead or that i...
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  How Long Will China’s Trump Dividend Last? Illustration: Carmen Casado for Bloomberg From India to Europe, countries are seeking greater autonomy from Washington. But deep distrust of Beijing is keeping them anchored in the Western-led order. Save Translate 12:13 In all of Beijing, it would be hard to find anyone who’s improved China’s image faster than Donald Trump. A Pew Research Center study  released  last month showed China is now viewed more positively than the US in 25 of the 36 nations surveyed — a  dramatic swing from 2023 , when America was well ahead in all but a handful of countries. Chinese President Xi Jinping is more trusted than Trump even in the UK, Canada, France and Australia — all longtime US allies. While a stunning milestone, it’s hardly a surprise. It would’ve been more head-turning had the US somehow managed to avoid a reputational hit from Trump’s indiscriminate tariffs, threats to seize territory, new immigration curbs and regular insults ...
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